Pret-a-3D opened this issue on May 14, 2012 · 8453 posts
AbiJ posted Sun, 30 September 2012 at 8:35 AM
Quote - I've got a 8120 as well, running at stock speeds. Using a Artic Cooler Freezer Pro 13 heatsink, it runs at less than 40°c during Lux renders and idles at well below room temp.
Remember to turn off turbo mode in the bios. If you don't it switches to a 4-core cpu running at a higher clock speed rather than an 8-core processor. Speed wise it is around 15-20% faster than my 965 Phenom X4. I don't think that's enough to justify the price/power premium.
Given that Piledriver is a development of Bulldozer, personally I would consider the 965 and then wait until the new Steamroller chips appear with a new socket.
That is the same upgrade i had, the mobo running my 965BE died, I bought a bundle of the M5a97/FX8120 to replace it. The Phenom is now used in my HTPC/Lux render slave.
When oc'ing, I disable all options such as turbo mode, c1e, etc. as they can do funny things to power levels/clock speeds that can push the chip over the edge when running close to it already.
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